{"id":574,"date":"2026-10-07T16:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:35:34","slug":"restoration-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/restoration-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"National Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration Australia &#8211; 3.0 (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>National Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration in Australia &#8211; Edition 3.0 (2026)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/restoration-standards\/national-standards-3-pdf-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the Standards as PDF here<\/a><br \/><br \/><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/restoration-standards\/examples-and-case-studies-supporting-the-australian-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Examples of Standards in Practice here<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What are the Standards?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Standards have been designed to encourage all restoration and rehabilitation projects in Australia to reach their highest potential.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia (SERA) and many Partner organisations* have contributed to the development of the National Standards over a 10 year period \u2013 carefully considering the needs of all stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How were they developed?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: 400\">The drafting process involved multiple drafts, collectively worked on by the partners in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders including agencies, researchers and industry organisations and individual practitioners.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Partners and Advisors<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: 400\">The SERA Board&#8217;s Standards Reference group acknowledges the collaboration of the following Partners and Advisors in the preparation of these, and past editions, Standards:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australian Government<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australian Seed Bank Partnership (ASBP)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bush Heritage Australia (BHA)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gondwana Link (Glink)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Greening Australia (GA)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plant Conservation Australia (PCA)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Advisor)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trees For Life (TFL)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trust for Nature (TFN Vic).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional Partners who joined the project for Edition 2.2:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Great Eastern Ranges Initiative (GEA)<\/li>\r\n<li>Landcare Australia (LA)<\/li>\r\n<li>National Landcare Network ((NLN)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional Partners who joined the project for Edition 3.0:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Kelp Forest Alliance (KFA)<\/li>\r\n<li>Landscape Foundation Australia (LFA)<\/li>\r\n<li>OzFish<\/li>\r\n<li>Wetland Revival Trust (WRT)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Previous partners:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association (IFFA)<\/li>\r\n<li>Wetland Care Australia (WCA)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:group --><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:group -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\r\n<p><strong>Where can I find the Standards?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>The <strong>National Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration in Australasia &#8211; Edition 3.0 <\/strong>can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/national-standards-for-the-practice-of-ecological-restoration-australasia-2-2-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/national-standards-for-the-practice-of-ecological-restoration-australasia-2-2-pdf\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:separator --><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/><!-- \/wp:separator -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Launch of Edition 3.0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>SERA launched the updated Edition 3.0 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seraustralasia.com\/standards\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Standards for Ecological Restoration\u00a0<\/a>on 19 September 2026 with the support of the Australia\u2019s Environment Minister Sen. Murray Watt.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Partner organisations and supporters for Edition 3.0:<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":264,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-753 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-300x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-150x94.png 150w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-1536x965.png 1536w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-2048x1286.png 2048w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-2000x1256.png 2000w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-450x283.png 450w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-600x377.png 600w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-1500x942.png 1500w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-1300x816.png 1300w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/files\/2026\/10\/Standards-Logo-block-2026-400x251.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Standards have been designed to encourage all restoration and rehabilitation projects in Australia to reach their highest potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":267,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-574","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/574\/revisions\/815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/australasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}